Pedal-cover



T. C.. CARVER.

,PEDAL COVER.

MPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1919.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

UNITED STATES THOMAS CALROW CARVER, OF. MILNAUKEE. "WISCONSIN.

PEDAL-COVER.

Application filed June 20,

To aZZw com it may concern Be it known that I, Trroaras CALRow Caravan,a British subject, residing at Milwau' 'ee, in the county of Milwaukeeand State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulPedal-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

invention consists in what is hereinafter pariicularly set forth withreference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims ofthis specification, its object being to provide simple, economical andefficient slip-on, self-gripping and clinging pedal covers; these coversbeing constructed for retention on pedals without the aid of vacuum athesion, cement or mechanical appliances. Covers in accordance with myinvention are particularly designed for harp and piano pedals tofacilitate anti-slip foot contact therewith, as well as to obviate noiseincidental to such contact, and to prevent the wear that ordinarilycomes upon said pedals and the shoes of persons operating: the same.

Each pedal of a harp is prone to wear down to sharp edge, due tocontinually re curring foot movement thereon, and when so worn, thepedal is an annoyance to the operator, but such wear is preventable bythe employment of a clinging cover in accordance with *nv invention,each cover befabricated from members of the same generic material butwhich differ, one from another in grade and function of stock.

Figure l of the drawings represents a perspective view of the pedalcover of my invention, and

2, a vertical longitudinal section of the cover applied to a pedal.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A ndicates relatively a hard treadmember oi? iiy improved pedal cover, C a rr'ntorced member of the same,and E a readily expansible but automaticallycontractile grip me ber ofsaid cover; the device as a whole, shown as having a constricted neck Bby ich to facilitate its self-retaining and clin. a g tit upon a pedal Dindicated in Fig. several members of the cover are oi such suitablematerial, preferably rubber, as will permit of an integral union onewith another, such union being had of meeting edges of the tread andgrip members of said cover.

The ha rd member A is preferably thicker, for the mostpart, than theremainder of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921. 1919. Serial No. 305,695.

the cover, and it may be made of a grade of rubber known to the trade astread stock and su'liiciently elastic as to serve as a cushion on thepedal to which said cover is applied. In F ig. 1, the tread member ofthe cover is shown corrugated, but in practice it may be otherwiseroughened or smooth, as preferred.

The reinforce member C of the cover is preferably harder than the treadmember A, in which it is set to envelop the outer free end of a pedal towhich said cover may be applied. The main function of the reinforcemember is to resist wear or cutting action of a pedal on the treadmember of the cover, the latter, as a whole, being subjected to push bya foot of the operator of said pedal. The reinforce member of the pedalcover may be omitted without departure from the scope of my invention.

The grip member E of the cover is sufficiently elastic to permitstretching thereof enough to allow a slip-on engagement of said cover,as a whole, with the pedal upon which it has clinging fit and retentionof its tread member A in working position incidental to automaticcontractile force of said grin member.

From the foregoing it will be understood that my improved pedal covernecessarily involves a hard tread member and an elastic grip memberhaving meeting edges thereof in integral union, and that no extraneousmeans are requisite "for fastening said cover in place, on a pedal, soas to maintain its tread member in working position.

I claim:

' l. A fabricated clinging pedal cover whose members are of the samegeneric material but different as to grade and function of stock, onemember being a relatively hard tread and another member a readilyexoansile automatically contractile pedalgrripper havin' edges thereofin integral uinon with said tread.

2. A fabricated clinging pedal cover having a constricted neclr and itsmemb rs of the same generic material thouogh different as to grade andfunction of stock, one memher being a relatively hard tread and anothermember a readily expansile automatically contractile pedal-gripperhaving edges thereof in integral union with the tread member.

3. A fabricated pedal cover comprising a relatively hard tread member, areinforce member arrangedin the tread member to envelop the outer freeend of a pedal to which the cover is applied and a readily expansileautomatically contractile pedalgrlpping'member having edges thereof ingeneric material but different as to grade and function of stock.

THOMAS CALROW CARVER.

Witnesses:

M. E. STROBE, JOSEPH G. OTTEN,

